Chapter 220 Blood Transfusion at the Heavenly Palace
Looking at Xuanfeng and Su Yuyao embracing, Mother Yi gritted her teeth and muttered, "That vixen! If I didn't need your help right now, would I let you live so comfortably?!"
Su Yuyao's eyes flashed, she broke free from Xuanfeng's embrace, landed steadily, turned to her mother, clasped her hands and bowed slightly, and said, "Mother Yi, I am late."
Although Yi Mu could not see Su Yuyao's aura, based on her thousands of years of experience, she was certain that the Wuji Dao was indeed possessing Su Yuyao!
I can't believe she actually accepted it! That vixen!
Mother Yi really couldn't stand Xuanfeng's infatuation with and doting on Su Yuyao, but in order to protect the Heavenly Palace from being overthrown, she had to force a smile and reply, "It's not too late, it's good that you're here!"
Su Yuyao could see the changes in Yi's mother's aura, and even more so, she could see Yi's mother's forbearance and helplessness. She did not expose Yi's mother's evaluation of her as a "demon," but instead bowed to Yi's mother again, then drew her crescent blade and held it horizontally in her palm, walking towards Hongzhu.
"Hongzhu, you are truly capable, to have given birth to an heir for Lord Zeyuan!" Su Yuyao said contemptuously as she twirled the crescent blade in her hand.
Hongzhu frowned and retorted, "Su Yuyao, you're quite capable too. Even without Lord Xuanfeng by your side, you can still give birth to a child!"
Su Yuyao raised her eyelids and looked at Ze Yuan, who was covered in black energy and had destroyed his own arms, and sneered, "That's still not as good as you, who can create something out of nothing!"
After saying that, Su Yuyao suddenly slashed her crescent blade horizontally, and a cold light flashed towards Hongzhu!
Hongzhu hurriedly shielded the infant and stepped back, shouting, "Su Yuyao! How dare you be so disrespectful to the eldest grandson of the Heavenly Palace?!"
"The eldest grandson of the Heavenly Palace?" Su Yuyao brandished her sword and pressed closer. "That depends on whose Heavenly Palace it is! Only then can we determine if he is the eldest grandson!"
One cold light after another flashed towards Hongzhu! Hongzhu protected the infant and took a step and flew up, while Zeyuan swung his silver shuttle to protect Hongzhu and her child behind him.
Thud!
The silver shuttle blocked the blade of the crescent-shaped sword. A flash of light appeared, and the black aura slowly faded, revealing Ze Yuan's amused and malicious eyes. "Su Yuyao? I didn't expect you to have changed so much!"
Su Yuyao stared into Ze Yuan's eyes with a half-smile, watching the dark energy gradually spread back. She parted her lips slightly, exhaling the fragrance of peaches, and said, "Lord Ze Yuan, you've changed a lot too!"
"It smells so good!" Ze Yuan sniffed Su Yuyao's fragrance, his lecherous eyes lingering on her chest. "What delicious food did you eat, sister-in-law? It smells so sweet!"
Su Yuyao's eyes sharpened, and she suddenly unleashed her Qi field, transforming it into countless golden leaves that swept towards Tianyi Palace like a hurricane!
Seeing this, Ze Yuan hurriedly sprayed sticky silt from his sea of qi to stick the leaf to it! Unexpectedly, the stuck leaf suddenly changed direction and plunged straight into Ze Yuan's sea of qi!
*Pfft!* Blood splattered! Ze Yuan spat a mouthful of blood onto Su Yuyao's face!
“As expected of… mother and daughter,” Ze Yuan grinned maliciously as he hung the silver shuttle on the tip of his crescent blade, “So willing to… stab people…”
“Zeyuan,” Su Yuyao said indifferently, “you should have known this day would come from the day you violated me!”
Boom! Crackling! Crackling! Flames erupted!
The archers accelerated their counterattack, and swarms of arrows exploded in the air with the blades, creating countless sparks. The sparks burst into fireballs, which quickly spread and became entangled with the Flame Army, gradually merging together!
"Something's wrong!" Bifang shouted, "My Flame Army has been engulfed by her fireballs!"
Hongzhu stared in horror at the ever-increasing number of fireballs in the sky and roared, "Stay calm! Don't panic! They're all fireballs, how do you know that the ones being devoured are the Flame Army?!"
Bi Fang pointed to the sky and said in a panic, "The Flame Army can't melt Golden Qi! But look! Golden Qi has already turned into liquid!"
Following the direction Bifang pointed, Hongzhu saw that the arrow in the air melted into an orange-yellow liquid in the fireball and crashed onto the bluestone bricks submerged by seawater!
"Lord Zeyuan! Quickly draw seawater to extinguish the fireball!" Hongzhu shouted, but there was no response from Zeyuan.
Only then did everyone notice that a silver shuttle was hanging from the tip of the crescent blade, and the silver shuttle was pulling on the half-dead Ze Yuan. Black blood was gushing from Ze Yuan's abdomen and dripping down the tips of his shoes.
At this moment, Yi's mother stood trembling in the cold seawater. Her eyes were bloodshot, her fists were clenched, and she tried her best to suppress the emotions that were about to erupt. "Su Yuyao, let Zeyuan go."
Su Yuyao glanced sideways at Yi's mother, "Didn't you just let the gods judge for themselves? Why are you having second thoughts?"
Yi's mother took a deep breath and said through gritted teeth, "After all... he is Xuanfeng's younger brother..."
“Brother? Then why does he always target Xuanfeng and never consider brotherly affection?” Su Yuyao raised her crescent blade, and Zeyuan’s body swayed accordingly.
"Su Yuyao!" Ignoring the molten iron beneath her feet, Mother Yi waded through the seawater and took a few steps forward. "It's my fault! Don't make things difficult for Zeyuan!"
Upon hearing this, Su Yuyao sneered and said, "So, your suicide excuse just now was merely a way to spare his life?"
After saying that, he suddenly flicked the crescent blade, and the silver shuttle broke instantly. Ze Yuan fell into the sea like a lump of dead flesh.
The seawater submerged the swamp, and large patches of black blood quickly spread out before gradually dissipating.
Looking at the black blood in the seawater, Yi's mother was shocked. A passage?! That person actually used the passage to plant a Heart Gu?!
Su Yuyao tiptoed and landed lightly on the water's surface like a dragonfly. Looking at Ze Yuan in the water, meeting his bandit-like gaze, she raised her crescent-shaped blade and slashed down fiercely!
"Stop!" Mother Yi exclaimed.
Several streaks of cold light shattered the waves, and the seawater slowly receded, leaving only a water coffin floating alone on the bluestone bricks.
Ze Yuan's eyes were bloodshot, his pale lips were devoid of color, his two arms, stripped of flesh, dangled in the coffin, and his pierced abdomen had stopped bleeding, but the tattered flesh floated in the sea like wisps of weeds.
He stared at Su Yuyao, a slow smile spreading across his face, "Sa... Ningbao..."
Su Yuyao was slightly taken aback, and all the images of her meeting Zeyuan from the first time to the present flashed before her eyes. She blinked her eyes and said indifferently, "Lord Zeyuan, for the sake of Mother Yi, I will spare your life. However, your Qi Sea, meridians and physical body have been damaged, so I have specially made a seawater ice coffin for you so that you can recuperate in peace."
Ze Yuan stared at Su Yuyao with infatuation. He didn't care about Su Yuyao's revenge against him; on the contrary, he was happy that Su Yuyao had talked to him so much. He couldn't hide the smile on his face and said with difficulty, "Where... do you plan to... put me?"
Su Yuyao avoided Ze Yuan's burning gaze, "There is a cellar in Shangxiu Palace that is extremely cold, which is perfect for helping you cultivate your life force and nourish your Qi!"
“Okay…” Ze Yuan replied with a weak smile.
Su Yuyao did not want to get entangled with Zeyuan any longer. She spread her palm, and the cold energy was overwhelming. Ice flowers gradually appeared on the water coffin, and in the blink of an eye, it froze into an ice coffin!
Looking at Ze Yuan sealed in the ice coffin, Yi's mother felt a mix of emotions. She was glad that Su Yuyao had shown mercy, but she also felt that Su Yuyao hadn't shown enough mercy. She knew the suffering Su Yuyao had endured, but she felt even more sorry for her own child.
“Your Majesty,” Su Yuyao turned to look at Mother Yi, “only Sister Jinyu is most familiar with the cellar of Shangxiu Palace. Why don’t we have Sister Jinyu take Lord Zeyuan back and take good care of him!”
Yi's mother looked at Su Yuyao with some surprise and asked incredulously, "Let Jinyu take care of Zeyuan?"
Su Yuyao nodded solemnly, "Yes. Sister Jinyu's health needs to recover, and Lord Zeyuan needs even more time to recuperate. Shangxiu Palace is quiet and elegant, and not far from the Female Mother Palace. It is not only a good place for quiet cultivation, but also convenient for you to visit!"
Mother Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, Zeyuan was saved, and Jinyu would not be implicated. But what about the rest of the people...? How would she deal with them?
Su Yuyao smiled, then suddenly turned and glared at Tianyi Palace, saying sharply, "Hongzhu! Your death is near!"
"Hahahaha!" Hongzhu laughed wildly, "My death date? Su Yuyao, don't think you've won this round just because you sealed Lord Zeyuan in an ice coffin!"
As she spoke, she lifted the infant onto her tail and raised it into the air, shouting, "I gave birth to the offspring of the virtuous Heavenly Emperor! He is the new Heavenly Emperor! Who dares to touch him!"
Su Yuyao sneered, raised her hand and waved it lightly. The insect tower dispersed and gathered at Su Yuyao's feet, slowly forming steps that extended towards the top of Tianyi Hall.
Su Yuyao looked up at the overcast sky, then at the fireball floating in the air, and then at the orange-yellow liquid rolling on the bluestone bricks. She lifted her foot and gently stepped on it; a wisp of smoke rose, and the orange-yellow liquid instantly turned into a bluish-white solid.
Xuan Feng swallowed hard as he looked at Su Yuyao, who had changed so much. She could break through his aunt's silver shuttle, seal Ze Yuan with an ice coffin, and even solidify molten iron with cold energy. She already had the ability to take revenge on him...
Qi Men landed behind Xuan Feng and said in a low voice, "My lord, there's no need to worry. Yao'er has her own ideas and methods!"
Xuanfeng shook his head with a wry smile, "Immortal Master, the girl no longer needs my concern. On the contrary, I... I'll just leave everything to fate!"
Qi Men was slightly taken aback. Looking at Xuan Feng, who appeared calm on the surface but was inwardly uneasy, he suddenly remembered Su Yu Yao's vow to take revenge.
"Ah... Your Excellency needn't worry about that," Qi Men glanced at Luo Fengyue behind him, covering his mouth and chuckling, "Yao'er can't bear to part with her..."
"Reluctant to part with her?" Xuanfeng watched Su Yuyao climb the steps towards the top of Tianyi Hall. "This girl seems willing to give up anything..."
Su Yuyao was unaware of Xuanfeng's worries. Instead, she turned her red eyes to stare at the infant in the red bead's tail and sneered, "Is this child truly a descendant of the Daoist Heavenly Lord?"
Hongzhu stared at Su Yuyao's red eyes without the slightest fear and replied, "Absolutely true! If you don't believe me, let Mother Yi decide!"
Su Yuyao did not stop walking, nor did she confirm Hongzhu's statement with Yi's mother. Instead, she asked leisurely, "If this child is a descendant of Dao Tianjun, why didn't you protect him carefully? Why did you expose him to the public at such a young age? Do you... really want him to meet with misfortune?"
Red Pearl's tail swayed slightly, and she sneered, saying, "Su Yuyao, it's you who's harboring murderous intentions!"
Su Yuyao suddenly burst into laughter upon hearing this, shook her head, and said, "You're the one who wants me to have murderous thoughts, aren't you? But you'll be disappointed, I have absolutely no reason to kill him! Regardless of whether he is a descendant of the Daoist Heavenly Lord or the eldest grandson of the Heavenly Palace, one thing is certain: this child is from the South Sea!"
Su Yuyao's smile vanished, and she glanced at Hongzhu with a wicked glint in her eye. "Killing him is tantamount to declaring war on the South China Sea! Although Tide Lord is no longer a threat, there is still Lord Sea Tide, and all the gods, immortals, and demons of the water system! Hongzhu, you underestimate me, Su Yuyao! How could I be so foolish as to make enemies everywhere?"
Hongzhu's face gradually turned pale, its tail trembled uncontrollably, and it stared at Su Yuyao who was approaching with hatred in its eyes.
"Aren't you curious?" Su Yuyao stepped to the top of the steps, looked at Hongzhu directly, and raised her eyebrows as she asked, "Why hasn't Lord Haichao come to reinforce us yet? Why hasn't Lord Qinggan and his demon clan shown up? And why can I—Su Yuyao—let you give birth to your child alive?"
Hongzhu stared wide-eyed at Su Yuyao in horror. Lord Haichao had indeed not appeared, and there had been no news of Lord Qinggan. Had all her plans just fallen apart like this?!
“Hongzhu,” Su Yuyao said with a disdainful look, “Do you think that Mother Yi can’t see through your thoughts? Do you think that no one dares to kill you? You are wrong! Lord Chaoxi spared your life just to raise a scapegoat for himself, while Mother Yi spared you because she knows that you are Lord Chaoxi’s scapegoat. Only you are so naive as to think that you are so great.”
Hongzhu glared at Su Yuyao, her body trembling. She had given so much, endured so much, and yet in their eyes it was all a joke?!
Su Yuyao glanced at Hongzhu's tail with a provocative look and said teasingly, "You can never compare to me! I have Xuanfeng, Xueshan, children, a celestial master, Lord Langzhi as my father, Lady Qingyue as my mother, and the wolf clan as my backing! I ask you, what do you have?"
"Why..." Hongzhu's aura slowly ignited, her nose gradually became sharper, her mouth protruded, and her teeth gleamed like blades. Her originally soft downy hairs instantly turned into long, thin steel needles, and she let out a sharp cry, "Why do you have everything!"
Su Yuyao leaped up suddenly, gripped the hilt of her knife tightly, and swung it horizontally at Hongzhu's tail! A crescent moon streaked across the sky, sending fine fluff flying everywhere!
"Wah...wah..." A weak cry came from the fluffy fur.
Su Yuyao leaped into the fluffy ground and scooped the frail baby into her arms.
"Su Yuyao! Give me back my child!" Hongzhu lunged at Su Yuyao, her body covered in sharp thorns.
*Thud!* A blindingly white arrow pierced through Hongzhu's chest, pinning her to the air!
Upon seeing this, the archers all lowered their hands, bowed, and knelt in worship.
Yi's mother stared in surprise at the arrow lodged in Hongzhu's chest. "Ruixin?"
"Your Majesty! Your sinful subject is here!" Ruixin leaped down from Luo Fengyue's shell and quickly walked to Yi's mother's side. He looked at her aged appearance with slight surprise, knelt on one knee, clasped his hands, and bowed, saying, "Your sinful subject was bewitched and afflicted by the Heart Gu! That's why I implicated Jinyu and almost caused a great disaster! Fortunately, Miss Yao'er removed the Heart Gu from my body in time, so I was able to return unharmed to apologize to Your Majesty!"
Suppressing her excitement, Yi's mother twitched her nostrils and said with emotion, "Get up quickly, it's good that you're back!"
Su Yuyao gently placed the infant on the ground. Looking at the weak baby, she couldn't bear it, so she released a warm aura to envelop him.
Feeling the warmth, the baby finally stopped crying, slowly opened its eyes, and stared straight at Su Yuyao with a pair of white eyes surrounded by colorful energy.
What?! Fish Princess Tears?!
Su Yuyao hugged the baby tightly, looked up at Hongzhu whose chest was stained with blood, and said, "Hongzhu, you are too brave!"
Hongzhu stared blankly at her child, then suddenly grinned and said, "I...didn't...lose..."
“Hongzhu, you only see that I have gained Xuanfeng’s favor, but you don’t know what I have lost for it! You only see that I have risen higher and higher, but you don’t know how I have walked through fire and water! Everything I have now is your obsession, but it is not what I want! You still don’t understand that if something is not yours, you will not get it even if you give up everything to exchange for it!”
“Su Yuyao…” Blood trickled from the corner of Hongzhu’s mouth, “Your fate… I can’t win against it… I’ve long… accepted it…” Hongzhu weakly shook her head, “But… I… haven’t lost…”
Su Yuyao looked at Hongzhu with pity, suddenly understanding Hongzhu's hatred. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Tide Lord will not be coming back!"
A spurt of blood gushed from Hongzhu's mouth. Hongzhu smiled bitterly, "That's good... I knew... I... didn't lose..."
The blood-stained arrow pierced through Hongzhu's body, bursting into the air like a crimson firework. Hongzhu's corpse drifted to the ground, her blood soaking into the cold bluestone bricks.
"Bi Rong!" Su Yuyao covered the baby's face and said softly, "Burn it."
The fireballs in the air immediately gathered together, transformed into a human shape, and landed behind Su Yuyao, respectfully replying, "Yes!"
Flames soared into the sky, and the ferocious flames struggled like vengeful ghosts in the howling wind. Suddenly, a cluster of flames shot towards the baby in Su Yuyao's arms. Su Yuyao slightly spread her palm and used her Qi field to hold back the flames.
“Hongzhu,” Su Yuyao said calmly, “Don’t worry, I will take good care of the child for you.”
The flames paused for a moment, then suddenly emitted a piercing whistle, whipping up a whirlwind as they lunged at Su Yuyao once more.
Su Yuyao increased her Qi power, controlled the raging flames with her hands, and said coldly, "This child is innocent. I will not make things difficult for him. You can go in peace."
The flames went wild again, but Su Yuyao didn't try to stop them. Instead, she ignited the Qi field in her palm, and the flames exploded instantly!
A flash of fire, and the heatwave dissipated. Apart from the lingering smell of roasting in the air, there was no trace of the red bead!
The baby in her arms seemed to know what had happened, clenching its fists and sending its mother off on her final journey with a weak cry...
Su Yuyao glanced at the archers on the roof of Tianyi Palace and said sternly, "You were originally the confidants of Lord Ruixin, and it was only because you gained the trust of Lady Yimu that you were transformed into palace bricks and tiles as the last line of defense within the Heavenly Palace. I never expected that you would follow those with treacherous intentions and commit such a heinous act! Lord Ruixin!"
Su Yuyao said sternly, "Your Golden Qi Shield has now become a knife against the Party. How can Mother Goddess Yi still trust you?!"
Upon hearing this, Ruixin quickly replied, "It's all my fault! Now that I'm back, I must teach him a lesson!"
"Oh? How do you plan to rectify this? Tell me about it," Su Yuyao asked with a half-smile.
Ruixin paused for a moment, then bowed and said, "These people are no longer suitable to serve in the Heavenly Palace. Your humble servant will replace them..."
"Exchange?" Su Yuyao sneered, "How do you exchange them?"
Ruixin slightly raised his eyelids to look at Su Yuyao, his eyes calm but filled with the restraint of being provoked. "Miss Yao'er, this humble subject will select suitable people to enter the Heavenly Palace. These useless people will never set foot in the Heavenly Palace again!"
"Your Majesty," Su Yuyao revealed the baby's face to her mother and asked in a low voice, "What is Your Majesty's opinion on Lord Ruixin's statement?"
As the mother looked into the baby's eyes, her heart suddenly raced.
Fish Princess Tears?! Fish Princess Tears are incredibly rare; even in the South Sea, it takes thousands of years to cultivate a single Thorn! But this rare Fish Princess Tears confirms Red Pearl's disloyalty and Ze Yuan's incompetence! She doesn't know if Su Yuyao will harm this child for the sake of the Heavenly Palace's reputation, nor does she know if Su Yuyao will expose this child to the public to damage the Heavenly Palace's reputation.
Seeing that her mother was hesitant, Su Yuyao lowered her eyes, looked at the baby in her arms, and said with a smile, "I will not trust people who have betrayed me, unless they can move me with their loyalty."
As she spoke, Su Yuyao flicked her fingers and conjured two golden leaves, which she then placed on the baby's eyes. The leaves transformed into golden energy that flowed into the Fish Princess Tears, and the golden yellow color permeated the dazzling white, slowly condensing and mixing. In no time, the Fish Princess Tears turned into brownish-yellow eyeballs.
With a heavy heart, Mother Yi watched Su Yuyao's every move, clutching her chest, and tentatively asked, "So how do you want them to demonstrate their loyalty?"
Su Yuyao carried the baby to Yi's mother, forcefully placed the baby in her arms, and said loudly, "It's very simple! Bi Rong is a sea fire personally cultivated by Xuan Feng. It can withstand the waters of the world and melt the gold of the heavens! As long as they can withstand Bi Rong's forging, I will forgive them and spare their lives!"
"Wah...wah..." Mother Yi frowned, her hands unconsciously clenching into fists, which made the baby in her arms cry.
Su Yuyao smiled and whispered in her mother's ear, "Your Majesty, please don't get angry, be careful of the child!"
"Wah—! Wah—!" The baby's cries grew louder...
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